10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2021
“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of North Carolina.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. A pelagic out of Hatteras, North Carolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2013
By the time this post goes live I’ll be boarding an airplane to sunny Florida to begin the festivities. The birding in North Carolina, for reasons both of my own making and the vagaries of southern “winter” weather, has been a bit slow. Wow, is it Space Coast time already?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2014
We took in a bit of the Disney experience this time down – it’s hard to avoid it with young children and doting grandparents – and even I cannot deny the skill at which the Disney corporation packages and sells nostalgia. As with most watery, natury, places in Florida, the birding is always good and often spectacular.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots. They include: Southern Florida , with stops at places such as J. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2014
Because when you’ve painstakingly built your life list over the years, visiting the corners of North America for specialties and pushing your ABA list to 600 or so, Alaska almost always remains as the last place a birder can visit where bucket-loads of lifer, the sort of haul you really only get in the early years, are still possible.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2015
” Now me, with my infinite bird knowledge, quickly scoffed at her, “They can’t be frigatebirds, Mom, we are way too far from Florida.” Though we were almost rained out, my graduation Outer Banks trip will remain a highlight of my time in North Carolina. ” Magnificent Frigatebird.
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